I'm an eco-chump

Straw Bale House Update: A week of decent weather was a great help in framing the upper floor partition walls. The picture is taken from the upstairs common room, looking at the bedroom and bath. The stained beam is a collar support for the round dormer roof that's next on the list. A round roof sounded cool at one time, now I'm not so sure.

I think I may be an eco-chump.... This question came up while grocery shopping the other day... Is it better to buy regular carrots farmed in your region or from a "certified organic" farm hundreds of miles away? Take the chump challenge.

Are throw-away cars in our future? North American auto manufacturers will have their work cut out for them if cheap cars hit our market. If cars were sold for $2500, what would be the consequences? Millions of more oil depenadant machines, for sure. If anything should go wrong with them, it may be cheaper to buy a new one than to fix the old one. Cars would become disposable. There may have to be a refundable deposit charged or blue-box curbside pickup for your recyclable Tata. Even lower income families could afford a pair of Tata's... (sorry couldn't resist.) People will be able to afford the Tata Nano, but can the earth afford it?

"Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a man the net and he'll stay home and blog"